Big Miracle

2/5

It wasn't as sappy and stupid as I thought it was going to be, but that didn't save it from being sappy and stupid. It was an incredibly blunt and badly written script, there were some really bad character types written in, and some of the most imbecilic characters I've seen. The environmentalist played by Drew Barrymore seemed to have no intelligence about the whales at all, and an even smaller understanding of the concept of food. I side with the natives - you need food on the table! Yes these are whales, but if that is what a native people eat, then they should have the right to continue eating it unless environmental issues leading to possible endangerment exist. There's no reason there should have been a big deal with these people using the whale meat. And as for the "all they'll see is blood" excuse, we as Americans understand the respect that the Native Americans hold for their prey, why on earth wouldn't the American people grasp that? Add on the money grabbing oil driller, the reporter only fighting for a story, the hardened "soldier" who believes government doesn't understand his duties, etc etc and you have a pretty forgettable movie. Sad on John Krasinsky. I do like him a lot. Some of these scenes were so miniscule in importance as well. Little interactions that are either forgotten or overblown to stupid proportions. And the most annoying part - that stupid kid who opens the film and closes the film, and really does barely anything in between. This really wasn't worth it, but I guess there's a bit of value somewhere in its story.